In the meantime, Usman Ododo, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has been declared the winner of the Kogi state governorship election held on Saturday, November 11.
Announcing the result late Sunday night, the state Returning Officer, Prof Johnson Urama, said Ododo was closely followed by the Social Democratic Party candidate, Muri Ajaka, who scored 259, 052 votes.
Dino Melaye of the PDP garnered 46,362 votes; Leke Bejide of the African Democratic Party, 21,891; and  Adejo Okeme of the LP 567.